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IIA-CIA-Part3-3P IIA CIA Exam Part Three: Business Knowledge for Internal Auditing Free Practice Exam Questions (2025 Updated)

Prepare effectively for your IIA IIA-CIA-Part3-3P CIA Exam Part Three: Business Knowledge for Internal Auditing certification with our extensive collection of free, high-quality practice questions. Each question is designed to mirror the actual exam format and objectives, complete with comprehensive answers and detailed explanations. Our materials are regularly updated for 2025, ensuring you have the most current resources to build confidence and succeed on your first attempt.

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With regard to project management when of the following statements about prefect crashing is true?

A.

It leads to an increase in risk and often results in rework

B.

It is an optimization technique where activities are performed in parallel rather than sequentially

C.

It involves a revaluation of protect requirements and/or scope.

D.

It is a compression technique in which resources are added to the protect

An organization has a total asset turnover of 3.0 times and a total debt-to-total assets ratio of 80 percent. If the organization has total debt of $1 000 000 what is the organization's sales level?

A.

$266.667

B.

$416,667

C.

$3.750.000

D.

$5 000.000

New data privacy laws require an organization to use collected customer information for me sole purpose of meeting the organization's business requirements. Which of the following best addresses the risk of the organization not complying with this objective?

A.

Provide training on social engineering attacks

B.

Encrypt the customer information retained by the organization

C.

Establish policies that discipline those who misuse customer information

D.

Allocate access profiles for each end user of the information

Which of the following security controls focuses most on prevention of unauthorized access to the power plant?

A.

An offboarding procedure is initiated monthly to determine redundant physical access rights

B.

Logs generated by smart locks are automatically scanned to identify anomalies in access patterns

C.

Requests for additional access rights are sent for approval and validation by direct supervisors

D.

Automatic notifications are sent to a central security unit when employees enter the premises during nonwork hours

Which of the following is a systems software control?

A.

Restricting server room access to specific individuals

B.

Housing servers with sensitive software away from environmental hazards.

C.

Ensuring that ail user requirements are documented.

D.

Performing of intrusion testing on a regular basis

Which of the following analytical techniques would an internal auditor use to verify that none of an organization's employees are receiving fraudulent invoice payments?

A.

Perform gap testing.

B.

Join different data sources.

C.

Perform duplicate testing.

D.

Calculate statistical parameters.

In an effort to increase business efficiencies and improve customer service offered to its major trading partners, management of a manufacturing and distribution company established a secure network, which provides a secure channel for electronic data interchange between the company and its partners.

Which of the following network types is illustrated by this scenario?

A.

A value-added network.

B.

A local area network.

C.

A metropolitan area network.

D.

A wide area network.

Which of me following statements is most accurate concerning me management and audit of a web server?

A.

The file transfer protocol (FTP) should always be enabled

B.

The simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) should be operating under me most privileged accounts

C.

The number of ports and protocols allowed to access the web server should be maximized

D.

Secure protocols for confidential pages should be used instead of clear-text protocol such as HTTP or FTP

An investor has acquired an organization that has a dominant position in a mature, slow-growth industry and consistently creates positive financial income Which of the following terms would the investor most likely label this investment in her portfolio?

A.

A star

B.

A cash cow

C.

A Question mark

D.

A dog

Which of the following best describes the purpose of disaster recovery planning?

A.

To reconstitute systems efficiently following a disruptive event.

B.

To define rules on how devices within the system should communicate after a disaster.

C.

To describe how data should move from one system to another system in case of an emergency.

D.

To establish a protected area of network that is accessible to the public after a disaster

An internal auditor was asked to review an equal equity partnership In one sampled transaction Partner A transferred equipment into the partnership with a self-declared value of $10,000 and Partner B contributed equipment with a self-declared value of $15 000 The capital accounts of each partner were subsequently credited with S12,500. Which of the following statements is true regarding this transaction?

A.

The capital accounts of the partners should be increased by the original cost of the contributed equipment.

B.

The capital accounts should be increased using a weighted average based on the current percentage of ownership

C.

No action is needed as the capital account of each partner was increased by the correct amount

D.

The capital accounts of the partners should be increased by the fair market value of their contribution

Which of the following is true of bond financing, compared to common stock, when all other variables are equal?

A.

Lower shareholder control.

B.

Lower indebtedness.

C.

Higher company earnings per share.

D.

Higher overall company earnings.

A manager decided to build his team's enthusiasm by giving encouraging talks about employee empowerment, hoping to change the perception that management should make all decisions in the department.

The manager is most likely trying to impact which of the following components of his team's attitude?

A.

Affective component.

B.

Cognition component.

C.

Thinking component.

D.

Behavioral component.

An organization requires an average of 58 days to convert raw materials into finished products to sell. An average of 42 additional days is required to collect receivables. If the organization takes an average of 10 days to pay for the raw materials, how long is its total cash conversion cycle?

A.

26 days.

B.

90 days.

C.

100 days.

D.

110 days.

An organization is considering outsourcing its IT services, and the internal auditor is assessing the related risks. The auditor grouped the related risks into three categories:

Risks specific to the organization itself.

Risks specific to the service provider.

Risks shared by both the organization and the service provider.

Which of the following risks should the auditor classify as specific to the service provider?

A.

Unexpected increases in outsourcing costs.

B.

Loss of data privacy.

C.

Inadequate staffing.

D.

Violation of contractual terms.

Which of the following is a disadvantage in a centralized organizational structure?

A.

Communication conflicts.

B.

Slower decision making

C.

Loss of economies of scale

D.

Vulnerabilities in sharing knowledge

According to IIA guidance, which of the following statements is true regarding analytical procedures?

A.

Data relationships are assumed to exist and to continue where no known conflicting conditions exist.

B.

Analytical procedures are intended primarily to ensure the accuracy of the information being examined.

C.

Data relationships cannot include comparisons between operational and statistical data

D.

Analytical procedures can be used to identify unexpected differences but cannot be used to identify the absence of differences

Which of the following is an example of a physical security control that should be in place at an organization's data center?

A.

Backup servers in the data center are stored in an environmentally controlled location

B.

All users have a unique ID and password to access data

C.

Swipe cards are used to access the data center

D.

Firewalls and antivirus protection are in place to prevent unauthorized access to data.

Which of the following is the best example of a compliance risk that is likely to arise when adopting a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policy?

A.

The risk that users try to bypass controls and do not install required software updates.

B.

The risk that smart devices can be lost or stolen due to their mobile nature.

C.

The risk that an organization intrusively monitors personal information stored on smart devices.

D.

The risk that proprietary information is not deleted from the device when an employee leaves.

An internal audit activity is piloting a data analytics model, which aims to identify anomalies in payments to vendors and potential fraud indicators Which of the following would be the most appropriate criteria for assessing the success of the piloted model?

A.

The percentage of cases flagged by the model and confirmed as positives.

B.

The development and maintenance costs associated with the model

C.

The feedback of auditors involved with developing the model

D.

The number of criminal investigations initiated based on the outcomes of the model

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